Official Retrospective of Cuban Music

From: Americas | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: Holston, Mark | Copyright information

Official Retrospective of Cuban Music

(Tonga TNG4CD 9303)

Produced from field recordings produced by the Center for the Investigation and Development of Cuban Music in the 1980s and 1990s, this four-CD boxed set documents the presence and enduring vitality of folkloric, African, and European-- derived forms embraced by local ensembles in communities throughout this island nation.

Each disc represents a different, broad stylistic category: Musica Afrocubana y Rumba, Son...

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